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OPINION: With a skeptical public, higher education must do a better job explaining why college is worth the investment

The Hechinger Report

Brought sharply into focus during the 2007-8 Great Recession — and seemingly every month since in the news and on social media — the U.S. Generally, colleges of arts and sciences are large academic units within a university that offer a range of department-led majors and areas of study, research and creative activity: from the arts (e.g.,

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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

Rogelio Garcia is an Associate Professor of Political Science at East Los Angeles College. He has taught political science courses at various colleges for 15 years. In addition to his teaching role, he serves as Vice Chair of the Social Sciences Division and Co-Chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Ethics (CAFE).

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OPINION: Lessons from Mississippi: Is there really a miracle here we can all learn from?

The Hechinger Report

In 2022, Mississippi’s fourth graders eligible for free lunch (a marker used to estimate poverty) performed significantly higher on the NAEP reading test than similarly low-income children in 43 other states and the District of Columbia. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Short Course: The Logic & Best Practices of Process Tracing (QMMR A)

Political Science Now

While the examples are primarily drawn from international relations and comparative politics, the methods we discuss are applicable to all the subfields of political science, to sociology, economics, history, business studies, public policy, and many other fields.

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Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions

Political Science Now

Paul Gottemoller is a tenured Professor of Political Science at Del Mar College, where he currently serves as Assistant Chair in the Department of Social Sciences. He has served APSA as Chair of the TLC Program Committee (2015), and as co-Editor of the Journal of Political Science Education (2016-2022).